Louisa Starr, later Louisa Canziani (1845–25 May 1909), was a British painter.
Starr was born in London and lived upon Russell Square past she became a copyist at the British Museum. Studying at the Royal Academy, she showed her first exploit there in 1866 and by 1876 had showed 17 paintings. She won a gold medal at the Royal Academy for history painting in 1867. She was the first woman to do hence and was followed by Jessie Macgregor’s gold medal in 1871, but the next woman to do correspondingly was not until 1909.
She married Enrico Canziani and thereafter signed her works behind her married name. Her daughter Estella Canziani furthermore became an artist.
She exhibited her acquit yourself at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.
Her painting Sintram and his mother was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World. Starr died in London.
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